Sometimes we have designs which are not possible using the Framework or Material Components widgets as-is. While we can subclass those widgets to adapt them, there can sometimes be some hidden pitfalls along the way. In this article, we’ll examine such a case and see how careful use of the available tools can simplify our…
Category: Material Design
Material Shape: Cutting Corners
One of the foundations of Material Design 2.0 is the ability to define shapes to reinforce the branding being applied to our apps. At first glance what we are able to control appears to be somewhat limited, but in this series we’ll go deeper down the rabbit hole to explore some of the more subtle…
Material Shape: Living On The Edge
One of the foundations of Material Design 2.0 is the ability to define shapes to reinforce the branding being applied to our apps. At first glance what we are able to control appears to be somewhat limited, but in this series we’ll go deeper down the rabbit hole to explore some of the more subtle…
Material Shape: Gotchas
One of the foundations of Material Design 2.0 is the ability to define shapes to reinforce the branding being applied to our apps. At first glance what we are able to control appears to be somewhat limited, but in this short series we’ll go deeper down the rabbit hole to explore some of the more…
Material Shape: ShapeAppearance
One of the foundations of Material Design 2.0 is the ability to define shapes to reinforce the branding being applied to our apps. At first glance what we are able to control appears to be somewhat limited, but in this short series we’ll go deeper down the rabbit hole to explore some of the more…
BottomNavigationView
Version 25.0.0 of the Design support library was published by Google in October 2016 along with the release of the Nougat 7.1 developer preview. A new widget that was introduced in that release named BottomNavigationView which provides a simple way to implement the bottom navigation bar pattern which has been added to the Material Design…
StateListAnimator
One of the fundamental principles of Material Design is “motion provides meaning” and one important area where this applies is giving visual feedback to the user when they interact with our app. The standard method of doing this has always been using StateListDrawable to tie the visual appearance of a control to its state (i.e.…
Indeterminate – Part 5
Indeterminate ProgressBars are a useful tool for communicating to our users that an operation is in progress when we cannot predict how long it is likely to take. Previously on Styling Android we’ve covered how to create a backwardly compatible approximation of the material styled horizontal indeterminate ProgressBar but we haven’t looked at the circular…
Indeterminate – Part 4
Indeterminate ProgressBars are a useful tool for communicating to our users that an operation is in progress when we cannot predict how long it is likely to take. Previously on Styling Android we’ve covered how to create a backwardly compatible approximation of the material styled horizontal indeterminate ProgressBar but we haven’t looked at the circular…
Indeterminate – Part 3
Indeterminate ProgressBars are a useful tool for communicating to our users that an operation is in progress when we cannot predict how long it is likely to take. Previously on Styling Android we’ve covered how to create a backwardly compatible approximation of the material styled horizontal indeterminate ProgressBar but we haven’t looked at the circular…